ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This volume is based on original research commissioned for an international workshop on the social dimensions of climate change, held by the World Bank’s Social Development Department (SDV), in Washington, DC, on March 5–6, 2008. The workshop would not have been possible without the efforts of many people within the SDV. Significant contributions to workshop organization were provided by Greicy Amjadi, Carina Bachofen, Mitos Benedicto, Joyce Chinsen, Danielle Christophe, Rasmus Heltberg, Steen Jorgensen, Megumi Makisaka, Carmen Martinel, Nicolas Perrin, David Post, Navin Rai, and Salam Syed. Special thanks also are due to Kristalina Georgieva (then acting vice president, Sustainable Development Network, World Bank) for her active support and participation. Overall guidance was provided by Steen Jorgensen (then director, SDV) and Caroline Kende-Robb (then sector manager, SDV). A full report of the workshop is available separately and includes a list of all workshop participants and details of speakers, discussants, and session chairs. Although we cannot single out all the people who made important contributions, we are particularly grateful to the keynote speakers—Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell (former prime minister of Canada and former secretary general of the Club of Madrid), Her Excellency Dunya Maumoon (deputy foreign minister, Republic of the Maldives), Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki (former prime minister of Niger and current executive director of Rural Hub, Africa), Professor Bob Watson (chief scientist, Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, Government of the United Kingdom), and Sheila Watt-Cloutier (former chair, Inuit Circumpolar Conference)—for setting the scene so powerfully. Many thanks also to Rebecca Adamson (president, First Peoples Worldwide), Esther Mwaura-Muiri (founder and director, GROOTS Kenya), and Atiq Rahman (executive director, Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies) for their invaluable support.